. >> joining me on the phone is tom hoover, he calls himself a nascar superfan. you were there today when the crash happened. where were you and what did you see? >> we were in what's called the sprint tower. we were sitting in the upper deck and it was about probably 15 feet to the left of where the car hit the fence. >> and so what did you see? >> we saw -- we were watching -- it was a big finish and all of a sudden we saw a wreck and then we saw the car in the air and it hit the fence. it was pretty scary. once it hit the fence, we saw parts flying off. the car shredded into many pieces. >> immediately did you know that people were injured? >> no, we did not know because i think we were in a state of shock. it was such a big crash and it hit the fence. after two or three minutes, we saw parts of the car had broken the barrier and that people in the stands could have been hurt. >> so this was, you said, not until a couple of minutes after. what were people doing? how did people react to this? >> well, everybody in our area rushed to the front of the deck and lo